The Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 26.78° S 153.15° E

The Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Reef sea temperature is
20.6°C
0.7° 

The Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at The Reef today (05 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 9s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 5s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Reef at 10PM is: 1.1m 5s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)--
Afternoon (05 Sep)1ft (0.3m)9s
Evening (05 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

Table - waves today at The Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 29°C on Sun morning, min 16°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Sun night, calm by Mon night).

Sat
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
E
9
0.7
NNE
4
1
NNE
5
1.1
NNE
5
1.1
NNE
5
1
NNE
5
0.9
NNE
5
0.8
NNE
5
0.9
NNE
5
1.1
NNE
6
1.4
NNE
6
0.9
NNE
6
1.5
SSE
5
1.6
SE
6
1.3
SE
6
1.1
SE
6
0.9
SE
5
0.5
NE
8
0.5
NE
8
0.6
ENE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
15
16
50
64
74
62
42
37
44
74
131
59
128
176
128
82
42
28
28
37
Wind (km/h)
15
NE
20
NNE
25
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNW
35
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
15
E
10
ENE
5
NNE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
glassy
High Tide
3:09PM1.60m
3:21AM0.92m
4:25PM1.70m
4:47AM1.01m
5:25PM1.81m
Low Tide
10:14PM0.55m
9:05AM0.35m
11:23PM0.43m
10:23AM0.30m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:56
5:54
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:35
5:36
5:36
 mm
Temp °C
23
23
21
20
18
18
19
27
29
26
25
19
19
18
18
20
20
20
19
18
Feels °C
22
22
19
18
15
16
16
24
27
24
23
15
16
15
15
18
19
19
19
19
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